Jeff’s Playlist: East/West

Bill Frisell — east / west

Adra and I saw Bill Frisell per­form in Louisville around the same time this was record­ed. The show was good, and this live per­for­mance album released in 2005 is good too. Two weeks ago, Jeff’s Playlist fea­tured Frisell in The Ginger Baker Trio. Frisell has played and record­ed with a vast array of ensem­bles and has a wide range of music available.

I par­tic­u­lar­ly like Frisell’s live shows in a trio for­mat such as this. Next week’s Playlist will fea­ture Further East / Further West, a con­tin­u­a­tion of these performances.

Give this a try, you might like it.

Album Information

All com­po­si­tions by Bill Frisell except as indicated.

Disc One – West
“I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (Strong, Whitfield) – 8:00
“Blues for Los Angeles” – 11:09
Shenandoah” (Traditional) – 12:05
“Boubacar” – 6:22
“Pipe Down” – 10:50
“A Hard Rain’s A‑Gonna Fall” (Dylan) – 11:49

Disc Two – East
“My Man’s Gone Now” (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward) – 3:48
“The Days of Wine and Roses” (Mancini, Mercer) – 9:20
“You Can Run” (Frisell, Scherr, Wollesen) – 0:51
“Ron Carter” – 13:59
“Interlude” (Frisell, Scherr, Wollesen) – 1:39
“Goodnight Irene” (Ledbetter, Lomax) – 8:57
“The Vanguard” (Frisell, Scherr, Wollesen) – 4:44
“People” (Merrill, Styne) – 4:29
“Crazy” (Nelson) – 4:31
“Tennessee Flat Top Box” (Cash) – 2:28

Personnel
Bill Frisell – gui­tars and elec­tron­ic effects
Kenny Wollesen – drums
Viktor Krauss – bass (Disc 1 – West)
Tony Scherr – bass, acoustic gui­tar (Disc 2 – East)

Released   2005
Recorded   May 8–11, 2003 and December 9–12, 2003
Studio        Yoshi’s, Oakland, California Village Vanguard, NYC
Length       115:11
Label         Elektra Nonesuch
Producer   Lee Townsend